Norman Finkelstein: October 7th Revisited | Israel, Palestine, Hezbollah, & The End of Gaza

Patreon: Robinson’s Fashion Empire: Norman Finkelstein received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department, and is best known for his research on Israel and Palestine. In this episode, Norman and Robinson sit down for a discussion centered around the anniversary of October 7th, and they speak about the immensity of what has happened in the Israel-Palestine region in the time before and since. Norman also appeared on episode 192, where he and Robinson discussed allegations of genocide and apartheid, Hamas and Hezbollah, and connections between the war and the Holocaust. Norman was also featured on episode 218, where he addressed the facts and fictions generated by the Israel-Hamas War. Norman’s most recent book is I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It! Heretical Thoughts on Identity Politics, Cancel Culture, and Academic Freedom (Sublation Media, 2023). Norman’s Website: OUTLINE 00:00 Introduction 07:55 Is the Palestine Question Dead? 17:22 How the Nakba Created Gaza in 1948 25:20 High-Tech Israeli Killing Sprees in Gaza 29:23 The Butcher of Beirut & The Sabra and Shatila Massacre 37:11 On Hassan Nasrallah, Leader of Hezbollah 42:35 Israel Vs The Party of God 52:41 Noam Chomsky on Hezbollah’s Threat to Israel 01:02:10 On Martin Luther King Jr’s Final Words 01:12:37 Will the Gazans Be Emancipated like American Blacks from Slavery? 01:21:26 The Question of Gaza as a Concentration Camp 01:32:08 On His Mother, Piers Morgan, and Gaza as a Holocaust 01:41:36 Does Israel Have the Right to Commit Genocide? 01:50:10 Just How Brutal Are Israel’s High Tech Military Operations? 01:58:43 Are the Leaders of Hamas Rich Billionaires? 02:04:43 Comparing Gaza and the Warsaw Ghetto 02:09:33 The Absurdity of Gaza’s Economy 02:18:14 Did Hamas Commit Sexual Violence Against Israelis on October 7th? 02:24:07 On Israel’s Violent Revenge Against Hamas 02:30:34 Has Israel Exterminated Gaza? 02:39:39 Will There Be a Ceasefire in Gaza? 02:43:58 Why Does Israel Always Win? 02:52:40 On Philosophy, Chattel Slavery, and Justice in Palestine 02:58:02 On Justice and Norman Finkelstein’s Purpose in Life Robinson’s Website: Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, historians, economists, and everyone in-between.